Author: Janet Mease I co-lead a weekly parenting class for moms where we are studying the book “Parenting is Heart Work” by authors Dr. Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller. Each week I do a recap about what we’ve read and discussed in our group which I send out to our ladies. After sending out my [...]
Author: © Wendy Clark 2012 Are your kids content and full of gratitude or do they whine and complain? Sometimes discontent can seem reasonable in light of the circumstances our kids may face, and parents can fall into allowing and even accepting their ungracious and ungrateful kids’ whining and complaining. Some parents will even tell [...]
Author: Susan Arico Under our roof live four delightful children, all under the age of eight. Play, laughter, and antics are ours in abundance… and so too are squabbling, bickering, and mischief of varying sorts. Perhaps you can relate. Strife between siblings, an inescapable facet of family life, is normal and something with which we [...]
Article Title: Parents Can Minimize Conflict by Turning Problems Into Tasks Author: Dr. Scott Turansky Summary: If you want to avoid much of the emotional intensity of family life then you’ll need to understand the difference between tasks, problems, and conflict. Tasks are the normal things you do each day. Problems are different. They’re obstacles [...]
Author: Tricia HodgesWhen something is right in front of you it’s hard to ignore it. I’ve seen many different versions of a Bible basket shared around the internet lately and I was inspired. I gathered all our Bibles into one basket. I put the basket right in the center of the family room table. The [...]
Author: Holly Lien: The anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks are among us and many of our children will be discussing these events in their classrooms. Children and adolescents may return home after a day of school with many questions. Some children may return home with many fears. The events of September 11th are [...]
Author: Jennifer Patchin I love and adore my husband. I think he does a lot of things amazingly well. He truly seeks to follow the Lord with all his heart and he leads our family faithfully. He is funny, easy going, patient, understanding and loves me and our children tremendously. Sounds like a great catch, right? [...]
Author: Susan Arico What’s the temperature like at your house? Where do you keep your thermostat – a cozy 71, a cool 65? We live in southern California, moderate enough that this is more or less a non-issue. But in our native New England, the thermostat is a big deal – especially in the snowy [...]
Author: Scott Turansky Summary Some children have the ability to suck the energy right out of family life. These children are demanding of your time, need a lot of correction, and seem to be magnets for conflict. They’re often emotionally explosive but almost always drain energy out of parents and other family members. The solution [...]
Author: Wendy Clark Perhaps you’ve heard people talk about creating or building “margin” into our lives. The expression refers to freeing up room in our lives for space, rest, and unscripted moments. As an English teacher I’ve had occasion to reflect on the value of margins. On a typed page the margin is the empty [...]